Metro may try to force scrap metal yard to move

Get ready for a possible battle over the future location of PSC Metals, the scrap metal yard that many East Nashville residents and other observers see as an eyesore on the east bank of the Cumberland River.

Tucked into Mayor Karl Dean’s capital budget for riverfront redevelopment is $900,000 to start work on a second east bank redevelopment district, which would give the city more options to force PSC to move. Redevelopment districts are blighted areas where the Metro Development and Housing Agency works to promote development.

An MDHA description of the current $30 million riverfront plan says, “Economic redevelopment of the east riverbank will require the establishment of a new redevelopment district within the area south of the Korean Veterans War Memorial (Gateway) Boulevard. That area, currently occupied by various industrial processing, warehousing and storage facilities, is envisioned for redevelopment as a mixed-use urban neighborhood with assoicated riverfront open space and recreational amenities.”